Golia has a formed a number of ensembles that showcase both his style of composition and improvisation. These groups range from the his Large Ensemble to a variety of mixed quintets, saxophone quartets, duos, sextets and arrangements for jazz and classical orchestras.[5] Most recently, Golia has performed and toured with his sextet which features some of the new voices in the Los Angeles free-improv scene.[6] The group, composed of Gavin Templeton (alto sax), Daniel Rosenboom (trumpet), Andrew Lessman (drums) and Jon Armstrong (bass), has given performances at many of the premiere U.S. new music venues and festivals including Angel City Jazz Festival at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre,[7] the Outsound New Music Summit in San Francisco,[8] and The Stone in New York.[9]